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The Agricultural department was popular especially among the rural students, but the location of a site for the new agricultural school proved to be a problem. Beginning in the summer, 1890, the professor of the Agricultural and Mechanical...

The Baton Rouge Academy, an institution sponsored by the Fourth District Missionary Baptist Association of Louisiana for black boys and girls. In 1892, a suggestion was made that the Fourth District Association purchase a tract of land for...

Ninth Annual Convention of the Presidents of Land Grant Colleges held at the Y.M.C.A., Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Joseph Samuel Clark, president of Southern University and A&M College [front row seated left].

Workshops and Clinics:
In compliance with the theory that one of the most effective means of promoting self-improvement of teachers is to provide opportunities for them to attack jointly problems growing out of their professional situations,...

The Negro Branch of the Louisiana State Library, located at Southern University, contributed immeasurably to the up-grading of teachers in service. The library with a collection of 4188 volumes filled 305 public library requests, 600 school...

Library Workshop for Teacher Librarians: Elementary and High School teachers from twenty-four parishes attending a workshop for teacher librarians. Financed by a grant obtained from the General Education Board, the workshop was designed to...

Improving Proficiency In Farming
The rapid trend toward the application of technology to farming was revolutionizing the agriculture industry. It was becoming difficult for those farmers who, unacquainted with modern farm practices, continue to...

Resource Use Education. Sensing the need for vitalizing science teaching in the state, the Southern University biology department sponsored a science workshop designed to encourage science teachers to utilize natural resources-wild and domestic...

A Community Related Living Program
During 1948-1949 Southern University initiated a community related living program in the Bonn community which was located about fifteen miles from the campus. This program was designed to vitalize teaching at...

A Community Related Living Program
During 1948-1949 Southern University initiated a community related living program in the Bonn community which was located about fifteen miles from the campus. This program was designed to vitalize teaching at...

Agricultural facilities--Louisiana; Southern University and A & M College--Buildings

The Agricultural school was established in October, 1891. The first superintendent was Board member, Professor Hugh Jamison, Jr., who was married and had several children, and served from August 21, 1890, until his death in 1899. The clearing of...